Classification of Nouns and Things in Bantu
Is there a semantic foundation for the system of noun classes and genders found in Bantu (and in Niger-Congo-Kordofanian) ? This question has intensely occupied many bantuists for over a century. Fundamentalist, mentalistic, and ethnosemantic approaches were used to construct explanations. The prese...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1985-03-01
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Series: | Afrika Focus |
Online Access: | https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/6625 |